I'm a Sinner Please Forgive Me - [Soon to be a mac mini owner]

I have been running a Hackintosh Mac Mini for the last 6 months and I have finally had enough of all the small little bugs like screen artefacts and having to re-install the sound kexts every time I did an update. I was foolish to think it would ever end well......Please Forgive Me

So I am hoping for a little performance increase on the new Mac Mini but reviewers are saying because the i5 is the Mobile Version it actually only matches an i3 Processor anyway. But on the other hand I will be have double the RAM (from 8gb to 16gb) and also the graphics will be going from Intel 3000 to Intel 4000.

Will be using for Internet, Movies, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks and occasional Photoshop. All seemed to run fine on Hackintosh.

I can't afford to upgrade to the i7 Mac Mini unfortunately but hoping this little baby will last me a few years

I have been running a Hackintosh Mac Mini for the last 6 months and I have finally had enough of all the small little bugs like screen artefacts and having to re-install the sound kexts every time I did an update. I was foolish to think it would ever end well......Please Forgive Me

So I am hoping for a little performance increase on the new Mac Mini but reviewers are saying because the i5 is the Mobile Version it actually only matches an i3 Processor anyway. But on the other hand I will be have double the RAM (from 8gb to 16gb) and also the graphics will be going from Intel 3000 to Intel 4000.

Will be using for Internet, Movies, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks and occasional Photoshop. All seemed to run fine on Hackintosh.

I can't afford to upgrade to the i7 Mac Mini unfortunately but hoping this little baby will last me a few years

Opinions on my new setup welcome, all parts should be here next week!

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Yes the reviewers are true, the mobile version of the i5 matches the desktop version of the fastest i3 (both score at around 4000 on cpubenchmark) but with the mac mini you get the HD4000 upgrade, no bugs due to hackintosh, will run a lot faster because it has true OSX optimized for the particular machine you are buying, far less physical space required for the computer, and a true jewel on your office, ready to devour everything you throw at it.

You have made the right choise and your mac mini will serve you well
I would have made the same decision if i was in your shoes and not look back even for a second

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